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Tinashe Michael Tapera
Aspiring Graduate Student | Neuroimaging Data Analyst
Data Scientist with a focus on quantitative data analysis and computational techniques for psychology and neuroscience research. My mission is to study behavioral and mental health using statistical and machine learning applied to data collected from wearable and mobile devices. Proficient R and Python programmer, with significant professional and research experience in the domains of neuroimaging, clinical/behavioral psychology, and people analytics/IO psychology.
Education
Drexel University
Accelerated MSc. Psychology (Data Analysis Track)
Philadelphia, PA
Jun 2018
Drexel University
BSc. Psychology
Philadelphia, PA
Jun 2017
Professional Experience
Senior Neuroimaging Data Analyst
Penn Lifespan Informatics & Neuroimaging Center
Philadelphia, PA
Oct 2018 - Present
- Develop data pipelines for ETL (extract-transform-load) of large-scale imaging data sets between data warehouses in Python, R, and Bash
- Preprocess and analyse neuroimaging data using cutting-edge software (fMRIPrep, XCPEngine, QSIPrep, ASLPrep)
- Actively maintain and support multiple data curation software packages in Python and R
Data Science Intern
Salesforce
San Francisco, CA
Oct 2017 - May 2017
- Focused on discovery of organizational insight using internal human resources data sets
- Developed a semi-supervised learning algorithm to track employee performance by matching topic models of continuous feedback and goal-setting data
- Investigated comorbidity of employees’ insurance claims data to dynamically classify claim types and employee phenotypes
Private Equity Intern
Arzoo LLC
Philadelphia, PA
Apr 2016 - Oct 2015
- Developed data munging pipelines in Excel for scraping business profile data
Selected Publications
FlywheelTools: Data Curation and Manipulation on the Flywheel Platform
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics
2021
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